both of them gone cheaply, heather knight fared little better.en half—ce ntu ry little better. but from maiden half—century from katherine brunt the england bruising would've been more brutal. the 75 run defeat them with ntl catching up to do, before the next game on sunday. —— with plenty of catching up. the fhm and greg dyke says the national body has lost the public ‘s trust. he described last week's parliamentary hearing into allegations of discrimination by the former england women's manager is a discrimination by the former england women's manager is a very discrimination by the former england women's manager is a very damaging episode for the organisation, and promised a top to bottom cultural review of the national football centre at st george's park. team gb boxer muhammed ali is facing a long ban for testing positive for a steroid. the positive test happened in april — but ali — who won silver at last year's european championships — has been provisionally suspended since may. gb boxing says it's the first time that a member of the gb bo

between them and australia is not. 0peners and ellyse perry past 50 but it was put in check by heather knight england had a record chase on their hands. as the storm hit the east coast, then came the aussie surge. battening down the hatches not an option, but for our maiden half—ce ntu ry option, but for our maiden half—century from kathleen brunt, it would have been more brutal but leaves england with plenty of catching up to do before the next game on sunday. watching the action, former england captain charlotte edwards. a tricky day for england, everyone thought they would bat but they decided to bowl and australia put on a formidable total, then the rain in the break and england just another stop start endings for them, some p0p stop start endings for them, some pop at the end from kathleen brunt but a poor day at the office. how difficult is it to turn a series around after a bad start? really difficult, they will have to dig deep and then come back on sunday and geta deep and then come back on sunday and get a result in that test match. they do not turn a bad team overnight and i‘m sure

england captain heather knight says she's braced for a tough time on their ashes tour down under afterternational rankings. it's the first time australia have been knocked off the top since the table was introduced in 2015. england's women will try to reclaim the ashes in a tour which spans seven matches, three formats and four weeks, starting in brisbane on october 22. a role reversal at her old school. instead of sitting listening heather at night in front of year five, answering questions. the team became professional three years ago and when i was your age it was not an option to be a professional cricketer. there is a growth in popularity of the women's game and given heather the night as captain, she has a much bigger profile. given heather the night as captain, she has a much bigger profilem given heather the night as captain, she has a much bigger profile. it is strange, strange getting recognised in the street. i guess it comes with being successful. we want to keep being successful. we want to keep being successful. we want to keep being successful. i do not think i will full

heather knight during a brick in the rain in australia and the ashes starts on sunday with the firste has claimed at least silver at the world para taekwondo championships by reaching the +58kg final in london. it's the first time the event has been hosted in the uk and comes ahead of the sport making its paralympic debut at tokyo 2020. truesdale's place in the final never looked in doubt as she powered through to a commanding 23—1; victory. she'll face morocco's world number two rajae ajkermach in the final, which you'll be able to watch on the bbc sport website shortly after 7:10pm. it's really good, like, even when i'm sparring, i can still hear the encouragement from my team—mates so thatis encouragement from my team—mates so that is really good. it is definitely encouraging me to do even better. the green you want to go one step further and get the gold. how will you do it in the final? stick to the game plan and what i've been doing in the last few rounds and try to put it into practice in the final and hopefully get the gold. when you talk about rugby union in england, it can

captain heather knight says it's "flattering" and a "sign of progress."hes, johanna konta has pulled out of next week's event in hong kong. the official reason is a foot injury, but it's not thought to be serious. she's due to play in moscow the week after and is still on course to make her debut at the season—ending wta finals in singapore. double olympic champion max whitlock says he's putting no pressure on himself to retain his pommel horse title at the world championships in montreal. he's through to the final, but he failed to reach the floor final when he stumbled towards the end of his routine. he also won olympic gold in this event, but has put in a lot of changes after rio, and this is his first major competition for over a year. that is all the sport for now. i'm more in the next hour. thank you. leaders of the worldwide anglican church are meeting in canterbury this week, where proceedings are being overshadowed by the absence of three african bishops. it is in protest of the support of same—sex marriages. our correspondent is at canterbury ca

the build up to the competition has been disrupted by bad weather, but heather knight's team will beafter winning the world cup on home soil injuly, where tammy beaumont was voted player of the tournament. the world cup was amazing. it is a once—in—a—lifetime thing but we got to back it up coming out here and taking on australia in australia to win the women's ashes is probably the next hardest challenge after a world cup so is going to be tough. australia lay very good cricket and their own country but i am hoping i can put some performances in the tea m can put some performances in the team and we take the ashes home. british horseracing reaches the climax of its flat season today with its now traditional, and lucrative, qipco champions day at ascot. for one man, it will be quite a day as silvester de sousa, is formally crowned britain's champion jockey. quite an achievement given that when the boy from brazil, first came to europe, he couldn't speak, a word of english. joe wilson has been to meet him. 7:30 one an act of mourning in newmarket and this is britain's championjockey. n

heather knight is the latest default. england are 134—5.uad for the autumn internationals. sam simmonds has received his first call—up. slaven bilic says he puts speculation over his future to the back of his mind as his side staged a thrilling comeback to beat totte n ha m a thrilling comeback to beat tottenham in the league cup. i will have more on those stories just after 11:30 have more on those stories just after11:30 a:m.. tensions are high in kenya, where a re—run of august's presidential election is taking place. there have been clashes between police and protesters in the opposition stronghold of kisumu. early indications suggest that turnout is much lower than in the original poll. 0pposition leader raila 0dinga has urged his supporters to refuse to take part in the re—run. 0ur correspondent tomi 0ladipojoins us now from the kenyan capital, nairobi. so even though the supreme court annulled the election results, there isa annulled the election results, there is a lack of confidence in this rerun. why is that? the rerun was set for

captain heather knight was one of three players to score half centuries, as england made 284 from theirter grabbed a dramatic one—point victory over their west country neighbours bath in rugby union's premiership. discarded england wing semesa rokodunguni scored two tries for bath. but ed slater bundled over deep into injury time before 0wen williams decisive conversion gave them the 22—21win. elsewhere leicester beat newcastle 30—13. and injust over one hour lewis hamilton starts from third on the grid at the mexican grand prix, knowing he needs only fifth place or better to win his fourth world f1 drivers championship. you can follow the action on bbc radio 5 live and on the bbc sport website. but that's it from me. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, we are back with the late news, but now on bbc one its time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news. the winner of the royal institute of british architects' most prestigious award, the stirling prize, will be announced on tuesday. the nominations to become britain's best new building 2017 in

australia made the start, progress briefly halted by the fine catching from the captain heather knightaustralian skipper took the crease and she smashed 89 from 56 balls. a terrible start to the reply from england. 0ut, third ball. england 3-1 england. 0ut, third ball. england 3—1 after an over. not looking good for england in the second 0di of the ashes series. spurs have been on fantastic form, getting a result against real madrid, liverpool. last night, it was all about west ham. against real madrid, liverpool. last night, it was all about west hamm was. finally, good news for west ham fa ns after was. finally, good news for west ham fans after miserable form in the league, hovering just above the relegation zone. maybe the league cup will be their salvation. they came back from 2—0 to beat tottenham 3-2 came back from 2—0 to beat tottenham 3—2 in the league cup. two goals down, moussa sissoko scored for totte n ha m down, moussa sissoko scored for tottenham after five minutes. dele alli with the second. but west ham turned it around, three goals. slaven bilic celebrating the result